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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pounds are not used in any French-speaking countries - are they?

Why does Kwiziq (and some other apps that teach French) make use of "livre" (meaning "pound") in their examples. I have seen it used for both weight and money. France and Canada use it for neither. The US use it for weight but are there any countries that use it for money any longer.

Is it just so we can read historical novels set in English-speaking countries? If so I would not expect to see it used so often when there must be many more useful vocab words that we could be encouraged to memorize.

Asked 6 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu m’accompagnais à l'école tous les matinsIn the quiz I was marked wrong for selecting "You were accompanying me to school every mornming" for the translation of this sentence. It wanted "You used to accompany me to school every morning". Yet in another lesson (Avoir l'habitude de = To be in the habit of, to tend to (French Expressions with avoir)%252Fsearch%253Fs%253Dhabitude) you associate "used to" with "avoir d'habitude". To me (and Google Translate) that makes "You used to accompany me to school every morning" an inappropriate translation here. The other one, although less common than the obvious" You accompanied me to school every morning" seems the more appropriate choice.

Asked 6 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Audrey adore le mercredi/les mercredis

I was marked wrong for "Audrey adore les mercredis". It wanted "Audrey adore le mercredi". But it appears from the web that both are used, even if the singlar version is more popular.

"J'aime le mercredi" has 232,000 hits

"J'aime les mercredis" has 43,300 hits

So shouldn't this lesson cover the duality and shouldn't the quiz question accept both answers?

Asked 6 years ago

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Truc Thanh V.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bonjour AurélieIn the examples and resources ,the example:” Il faut ranger sa chambre “ should be translated “ He must tidy his room “ instead of “ you must tidy your room “ .I don’t understand why it is .Maybe it is mistake of typing? Thanks.

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Joachim O.C1Kwiziq community member

Is it possible to reset one's score?As I move forward, I notice that I am getting good scores on things that I am likely to forget after a few weeks. When I practice them several times in a row, then my score gets higher and higher. If I feel that there are things that I ought to practice for longer, can I reset the score of them?

Asked 6 years ago